Basketball
LeBron JAMES: “Score more points than our opponent”
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James He wasn’t in the best of moods after losing to the Portland Trail Blazers (116:132). When asked what kind of victories the Lakers should expect at this stage of the season, given the health of the team, LeBron answered directly:
“Collect more points than our opponent.”
When a journalist asked how to do this, James replied:
“Let’s shoot more than our opponent.”
Referring to personnel problems, he continued as follows:
“You start with the current composition. Try to complete the mission. Play both offense and defense as much as possible. That’s all you can ask for.
After all, no one feels sorry for us and we are not looking for it. That’s why the guys who are available need to go out and play their game. Play the way we want, both offensively and defensively.”
The Lakers will play their next game at home against the Toronto Raptors on Monday, January 19 at 16:30.
Source: Sport UA
Ralph Bean is a writer for Sportish. Ralph has written about sports news for the last two years, and is currently an author on the site. He enjoys writing about sports, and hopes to cover more stories in the future.
Basketball
Super League. Confident victories of a hundred Dnieper, Kyiv-Basket and Krivbass
Four matches were played in the Super League on Sunday, January 18, as part of the regular season.
The matchday program was opened by Prykarpattya-Hoverla and Krivbass in Lutsk.
Krivbass took the lead at the beginning of the match and won the first quarter at 23:11. From that moment on, Evgeniy Isakov’s team did not relinquish the lead. Krivbass’ maximum advantage in this match reached 21 points.
Kryvbas had an advantage in terms of shooting percentage and rebounds. At the same time, the Krivoy Rog team suffered fewer losses and gained 16 points after the defeat of the opponent.
In Hoverla, the best player of the second match in a row was Ilya Kabatsyura with 25 points and 5 assists, while in Krivbass, Jaylen Dalcourt was the best player of the match with 18 points with 7 assists and 6 rebounds (PE 24).
“Krivbass” won its second match in two days and completed the weekend undefeated. “Hoverla” earned one victory in two matches in the 10th round.
“Dnepr” defeated “Rivne” with a personal performance record.
Dnepr started the match very aggressively both offensively and defensively. The Rivne team often did not know how to counter the opponent and scored only three goals in the match in the first quarter, losing 12:29 of the ten-minute period. Dnepr slowed down a bit in the second quarter, but continued to dominate the field and increased the advantage to 27 points at the big break (55:28).
In the second half of the match, Dnepr played for fun, they began to give Rovno more opportunities to attack, in the end the game was balanced, but the champion kept everything under control and brought the match to victory. As a result, Dnepr scored 100+ points for the first time this season and earned +28.
The best players of the Dnipro team were Sergei Zagreb with 21 points and Daniil Sypalo with 12 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists.
Niko-Basket defeated Stary Lutsk at home.
At the beginning of the match, Nikolaev’s team took the lead – the maximum number reached 21 points at the beginning of the second quarter. Then the home team managed to get back into the game and even reduce the difference to 2 points, but Valentin Berestnev’s team retained the winning result. “Niko-Basket” made much better two-point shots than its opponents in this match and scored 10 more points in the fast break.
The best player for the winners was team leader Maxim Safonov, who scored 29 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists (PE 29). This is Maxim’s best performance of the season and repeats his career high.
“Niko-Basket” defeated “Old Lutsk” for the second time this season and completed the tour with one win in two matches. The home team lost both home matches.
“Kiev-Basket” got its second consecutive victory at home in the match against “Zaporozhye”.
Unlike the Dnepr match, Dmitry Zabirchenko used Yaroslav Karyupka and Bohdan Malich on the field. However, from the first minutes, Artem Romanitsa showed his bright colors again: In the middle of the first quarter, the score was 11:3 in favor of the Kiev team and Romanitsa scored 9 points out of 11. Zaporozhye could not close this gap until the end of the quarter and the home team played against Klevzunik and Karpyuk as well as Romanitsa. The teams went to the first break with a score of 23:15 in favor of the current vice champions of Ukraine.
The second game period started with a mini-move of the Kiev team at 5:0: Malich’s three-pointer and another accurate shot by Klevzunik forced Zaporozhye to look for non-standard solutions. Matthews went above and beyond for the guests; scored a great dunk in this part of the game, but Kiev-Basket completely controlled the course of events on the field and entered the big break with a serious advantage: 48:34.
The third quarter was the least productive period of this match: The teams scored 21 points between themselves, but Zaporozhye failed to turn the game around. While Kiev-Basket started the last 10 minutes with a 15-point lead, Dmitry Zabirchenko gave the young players game training. Kolavole, Malich, Manuylyk took advantage of the opportunity and managed not to lose their team’s advantage. The final siren recorded the victory of “Kyiv-Basket” – 78:62.
Super League. Regular season, January 18
Prykarpattya-Hoverla – Krivbas – 72:87 (11:23, 16:22, 20:20, 25:22)
hoverla: Kabatsyura 25 + 5 assists + 3 rebounds, Startsev 10 + 7 rebounds + 6 assists – 4 losses, Reed 7 + 4 assists, Kuznetsov 8 + 9 rebounds, Morozov 6 – starts, Dmitrenko 8 + 2 blocked shots, Rudy 5, Chugunov 3.
Krivbas: Dalcourt 18 + 7 rebounds + 3 assists, Hill 17 + 9 rebounds + 3 assists, Vodolazsky 11, Skira 4, Peacock 4 – 4 losses – starts, Trikolenko 14 + 6 rebounds, Bibikov 13, Brechka 3, Melnik 2, Pasholok 1.
Rivne – Dnieper – 73:101 (12:29, 16:26, 24:24, 21:22)
Straight: Dupree 13, Traylor 18, Brown 3, Timoshchuk 0, Korovyakov 8 – starts; Bykov 8, Ponosov 7, Sheptytsky 7, Ryaboy 6, Shepelev 3.
Dnieper: Bondarchuk 13, Dubonenko 16, Sypalo 12 + 9 rebounds + 7 assists, Timofeenko 13, Gorobchenko 2 – starts; Zagreb 21, Zakurdaev 14, Sorochan 4, Koldomasov 2 + 8 assists, Popov 2, Druzhelyubov 2.
Old Lutsk – Niko-Basket 77:81 (14:23, 19:20, 19:19, 25:19)
Old Lutsk: Roy 19, Moore 10+3 assists, Lesik 7+7 rebounds, Dupin 4+4 rebounds, Nikolaychuk 2-starts, Anderson 20, Mikhailov 9, Tovkach 3+6 rebounds, Gorobchenko 3+3 assists.
Niko-Basket: Safonov 29 + 4 rebounds + 3 assists, Grischuk 18 + 6 rebounds + 2 blocks, Volodin 8 + 6 rebounds, Zaitsev 8, Likhoy 7 + 8 rebounds – start, Garbar 5, Lukyan 3 + 5 assists, Nemts 3.
Kyiv-Basket – Zaporozhye – 78:62 (23:15, 25:19, 11:10, 19:18)
Kyiv-Basket: Sushkin 2 + 5 assists + 2 interventions, Klevzunik 16 + 5 rebounds, Romanitsa 19 + 4 rebounds + 2 assists, Bublik 6 + 5 rebounds + 6 assists, Sandul 6 + 8 rebounds – start; Karpyuk 13 + 10 rebounds + 3 steals, Kolavole 3, Malich 8, Bur 3, Manuylyk 2.
Zaporozhye: Petrenko 2 + 4 rebounds, Lishchina 5 + 5 rebounds, Lovings 15 + 6 assists + 6 turnovers, Matthews 14 + 4 rebounds, Buts 4 + 4 rebounds – start; Velichko 12, Klimanov 7, Surkis 0, Terekhin 3, Rybakov 0.
tournament table
Source: Sport UA
Ralph Bean is a writer for Sportish. Ralph has written about sports news for the last two years, and is currently an author on the site. He enjoys writing about sports, and hopes to cover more stories in the future.
Basketball
UNICS beat MBA-MAI in the VTB United League match
Kazan UNICS defeated Moscow MBA-MAI in the VTB United League match.
The meeting in Kazan ended with a score of 82:71 (19:24, 21:13, 24:19, 18:15).
The most productive players of the match were UNICS centers Marcus Bingham and Jalen Reynolds, who scored 19 points each. MBA-MAI has 18 points from small forward Pavel Savkov.
UNICS (19 wins in 21 matches) takes second place in the United League standings, MBA-MAI (10 wins/11 losses) is sixth.
Watch live broadcasts of United League matches on the television channels of the Match holding company, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source: Sportbox
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Lokomotiv-Kuban beat Zenit in the VTB United League match
Krasnodar Lokomotiv-Kuban defeated St. Petersburg Zenit in a home match of the VTB United League regular season.
The meeting in Krasnodar ended with a score of 95:85 (31:18, 23:19, 25:11, 16:27) in favor of the hosts. The most productive player of the match was Lokomotiv-Kuban basketball player Jeremiah Martin, who scored 26 points. Zenit has 20 points from Trent Fraser.
Lokomotiv-Kuban (15 wins/8 losses) is in third position in the VTB United League standings, Zenit (13/8) is fifth.
Watch live broadcasts of United League matches on the Match group channels, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
VTB United League. Regular season
Lokomotiv-Kuban (Krasnodar) – Zenit (St. Petersburg) – 95:85 (31:18, 23:19, 25:21, 16:27)
Source: Sportbox
I am a sports journalist who has been writing for a news website since 2015. My work primarily focuses on sports news, but I have also written about other topics such as technology and the arts. I have an extensive background in journalism, having worked as a reporter for a local newspaper before moving to a news website.
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